Clearing the Trail explained

Clearing the Trail
Director:	B. Reeves Eason
Producer:	Carl Laemmle
Starring:	Hoot Gibson Dorothy Gulliver
Cinematography:	Harry Neumann
Editing:	Gilmore Walker
Distributor:	Universal Pictures
Runtime:	60 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

Clearing the Trail is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced and released through Universal Pictures.^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• Hoot Gibson as Pete Watson
• Dorothy Gulliver as Ellen
• Fred Gilman as Steve Watson
• C. E. Anderson as Don Talbot
• Philo McCullough as Silk Cardross
• Andrew Waldron as Judge Price (credited as Andy Waldron)
• Duke R. Lee as Cook (credited as Duke Lee)
• Monte Montague as Tramp
• The Universal Ranch Riders as Ranch Hands

Preservation

With no prints of Clearing the Trail located in any film archives,^[3] it is a lost film.^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/ClearingTheTrail1928.html Progressive Silent Film List: Clearing the Trail
2. https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/3342 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993
3. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4319/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Clearing the Trail
4. http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arneuniversal.html Clearing the Trail at Lost Film Files:lost Universal films- 1928